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    Neil’s Searching: Neil seems thrilled at the idea that he may be able to contribute a verse. He prompts Cameron to tear out J. Evans Pritchard’s introduction to poetry. He is the one to call Keating "Captain‚" and is the first to ask what the Dead Poets Society was. He is also the one to organize the first meeting. Neil also tells Todd that he must participate in the club. Each are Neil’s attempts to lead - to gain control over his own life. In the end‚ Neil felt he couldn’t live according to his

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    The dead poets society is a very powerfull movie about non-conformism. Neil Perry is never allowed to do what he wants because his father has high hopes for his future and he does not want Neil ruining his life with things that don’t involve schoolwork. All of the students at the school are very focused on school all the time but neil wants to become an actor‚ which is not normal to do at this school. When Neil decides that he wants to be an actor when he grows up‚ he is becoming a non-conformist

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    movie‚ “Dead Poet’s Society”‚ each main character has their own fear they try to overcome throughout the movie. They each have their personal character traits which developed from their fear. Some of these characters overcome their fear by the end of the movie while others are still struggling to overcome their own. One character who overcomes his fear throughout the movie was Neil Perry. In the beginning of the movie‚ Neil Perry viewed as an independent person and slightly rebellious. Neil showed

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    senior annual in the library’’ ’’I’m inviting you to the society meeting.’’ Neil had noticed that no one had asked Todd if he was in. Shows that he does not like and think highly of Nolan and that he does not want to be at Welton. He shows some kind of interest in Keating‚ because of his unusual behavior as a teacher and wants to know more about his new teacher.He is also the first one to call him ’’O Captain! My Captain’’ Neil is trying to help Todd to overcome his lack of confidence and

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    because it will not make enough money. A perfect example of this is in Dead Poets Society‚ when Neil Perry starts to act. Even though that is what makes him happy‚ his dad won’t let him do it. He says that it is a waste of his talent‚ and that he is going to become a doctor. Neil knows that he wants to be an actor‚ but his father prevents him from chasing his dreams. His dad even goes to the extreme and threatens to send Neil to military school where all hopes of acting would be crushed. This is

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    Neil Perry shows us what it means to be a leader in the film Dead Poets Society he is the person reviving and rejuvenating the society‚ though shows us that an outward appearance is not all that there is. In the near beginning when he first finds out about the dead poets society from asking his teacher‚ he instantly wants to start it again to open his and other’s minds this begins his distinction as a leader. Perry brought people like Todd Anderson a shy and nonvocal person into the “club” to try

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    that‚ especially suicide. This concept is very well portrayed in the Peter Weir film “Dead PoetsSociety”‚ as is the fact that while the circumstances for a suicide can seem obvious‚ there may be several complications hidden beneath the veil of the first glance. That is the case when Neil Perry‚ a seventeen-year old boy from a posh New England school‚ Welton Academy‚ commits suicide after performing the lead role in a play in contrast to his father’s edict. His father‚ Mr. Perry‚ proclaims that Mr

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    Character Review – Dead Poets Society Neil Perry 1. Neil Perry relationship with his father is one with a lack of communication and misunderstanding. Thought the film‚ Neil and his father are conflicted. We see this first when Mr. Perry tell Neil and he is no longer allowed to work for the school’s paper. His father is controlling‚ and strongly believes in tradition‚ and if he allowed Neil to work on the paper he would be going against his own parenting. I believe that the pressure and

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    the film‚ Dead PoetsSociety‚ by Neil and Mr. Keating. These characters were both rewarded and faced consequences after following their own rules. Neil was rewarded for doing what he loved‚ which was acting‚ when he received the main role in the play and made a great performance. By performing in the play‚ he risked his father being unsupportive of him. Unfortunately‚ after his performance‚ his father was infuriated and punished him greatly. This led to Neil’s decision to commit suicide. Additionally

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    Dead Poets Society by Lipatova‚ group 505 Dead Poets Society is a great film about a perfect teacher with unusual methods of teaching to a strict conservative and aristocratic Welton Academy in Vermont in 1959‚ where he once studied‚ and it is not difficult to guess‚ that it was he who created that very society at the time of his youth. The other characters are the boys‚ Neil Perry‚ Todd Anderson‚ Knox Overstreet‚ Charlie Dalton‚ Richard Cameron‚ Steven Meeks‚ and Gerard Pitts ‚ who study

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